LGC 8.1 - BAN DECLAWING ACT

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

BAN DECLAWING ACT

1. No person, licensed professional or otherwise, shall perform a partial or complete onychectomy (declawing), phalangectomy, or tendonectomy procedure by any means on a cat in Lincoln, except when necessary for a therapeutic purpose.

2. For the purposes of this act, the term "therapeutic purpose" means the necessity to address the medical condition of the animal, such as an existing or recurring illness, infection, disease, injury, or abnormal condition in the claw that compromises the animal's health. The term “therapeutic purpose” does not include cosmetic or aesthetic reasons or reasons of convenience in keeping or handling the animal.

3. This act shall take effect immediately

Sponsor: Koopa
Occupying: Slot 1 of 8

Sponsor, please advocate for your bill.

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

With the exception of the medical purposes that have been carved out as exceptions, onychectomies are useless at best. The claws of an animal are bones, just like the insides of your fingers. We aren't talking about clipping an analogue to human fingernails for aesthetic reasons, but removing a part of the animal itself just for the owner's pleasure. Outside of a medical context, it's not grooming. It's animal abuse. I hereby support the bill I am sponsoring, and I yield the floor for comment.

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

There doesn't seem to be opposition. Motion for a final vote?

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

No objection

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

A final vote on this bill is beginning.

Aye

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

aye

[Brother Jonathan]

Aye

[Zenobiyl]

Aye

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

This bill passes 4-0